It has also become a leading market for the United States and Japan, other Asian dragons, such as Singapore and Thailand, are having to cut their export prices to stay live.

The growth of the Asian tigers is expected to moderate in 2011, and some insiders say they're already seeing a slow-down in the luxury market.

This intense suppression of the Asian male explains much of the equally intense devotion inspired by the late Bruce Lee both before and after his death in 1975.